April
Journaling
1. Baking for tonight and
tomorrow. I’m bringing blueberry pies and ice cream for the elders’ and wives’
dinner tonight. And I made mini chocolate cupcakes for coffee time tomorrow
morning.
2. Church. Then a VBS
planning meeting. I’ll be doing snacks, but it starts a few days after we
return from vacation. Hope I am not too wiped.
3. Dropped off our taxes.
Writing.
4. Busy day. Botox
appointment, nap, then downtown for dinner and our Genesis course.
5. To H-town to help out.
6. Lots of writing.
7. Good Friday service.
8. Our daughter arrived
safely in Nepal for her climb to base camp of Mount Everest.
9. Resurrection Sunday.
10. Sent off our taxes.
11. Pain clinic.
12. Chiro and massage. Did
prayer meeting online tonight, not feeling well. There was an avalanche at
Everest and three climbers were swept into a crevasse and still missing. So
sad. Our daughter texted to say it was not where they were currently and they
are not going that high either. Still a concern.
13. Bible study; Galatians
chapter five on the fruit of the Spirit.
14. The grandkids and our
daughter are coming for a night or two since her husband is going to PEI for a business
trip. Discovered two giant raccoons living under the deck; probably have little
ones too.
15. My husband took our
grandson to church with him for the men’s meeting since his friends were there
for piano lessons. Then he took the grandkids to the park. We sat outside and
told jokes. It was a beautiful day. He bbq’d hamburgers for dinner and turned
off the bbq as he usually does. We were eating in the dining room when he
smelled rubber burning. The bbq which was on the deck against the house was on
fire. I gave the kitchen fire extinguisher to him and he tried to put it out,
but the extinguisher was small and of limited use, and he feared the tank might
blow up. We closed the door to the house. Our daughter called 911 but had to
wait a minute before they even answered. It seemed to take forever for them to
come. Meanwhile we could hear the fire eating through the deck. The neighbours
started to gather. Thankfully the kids didn’t see the actual fire but they were
stressed. The girls started crying. Our grandson was happy to see the
firetrucks. There were three. They extinguished the fire and checked the whole
house for carbon monoxide and found some, so they used a strong fan to
dissipate it. They gave the kids colouring books and said they couldn’t identify
the actual cause of the fire. We contacted our insurance company and told them
the fire department was concerned about the electrical outlet which had melted
just above the bbq so they sent an electrician that evening to check it and it
was only external, which was why it didn’t short out. When the adrenaline
calmed down, the kids went home, and we thanked God for safety, and that there
was no structural damage to the house itself or any smoke damage that we could
tell. The propane didn’t explode. I’ll post pictures of the damage. They had to
cut through the deck to make sure there were no hot spots. If those raccoons
were smart, they got out of there fast, too.
16. Church. Lunch at a
friends’ house. Still frazzled from yesterday’s fire.
17. Writing. Finished my
lesson for Thursday.
18. Writing. Our social
worker daughter will be going back to school for one year to get her Masters in
Social Work. Then her employer offered her a position when she finishes.
19. Going to Hamilton to help
out. My son-in-law is on a panel at my old alma mater, George Brown College.
20. Last chapter of Galatians
for Bible study.
21. We purchased a
replacement bbq today.
22. I finished my summary of
Galatians for Thursday.
23. Church.
24. Grandparents’ Day at the
school. I had to go solo.
25. Our daughter sent
pictures of herself at Everest Base Camp. Now a few days in Kathmandu and then
she will return home.
26. Writing.
27. The inquest report from
my dad’s workplace accident arrived. Unfortunately it was half typed, half
handwritten, and my 30 years of nursing helped me decipher the doctor’s
handwriting. We got everything but one word so far. My lawyer daughter thought
of it and has a friend in archives who helped us know where to look.
28. Got my hair highlighted
for our trip to Europe. Our friends came over to book our excursions. Long day.
29. The family came over a
day early. Our daughter returned safely yesterday from Nepal (Everest Base
Camp). I’ll post a picture. We had lunch and a cake. The grandkids wanted to
blow out the candle.
30. I’m 59. Safely through
another year.
